GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

(IF NO TO EVBRKDWN, ASK EVMHP) Have you ever felt you had a mental 
health problem? 
B3. What R. did about the mental illness -- Third mention.

(IF NO TO EVBRKDWN, ASK EVMHP) Have you ever felt you had a mental 
health problem? 
C1. R''s sources of help during mental illness -- First mention.

(IF NO TO EVBRKDWN, ASK EVMHP) Have you ever felt you had a mental 
health problem? 
C2. R''s sources of help during mental illness -- Second mention.

(IF NO TO EVBRKDWN, ASK EVMHP) Have you ever felt you had a mental 
health problem? 
C3. R''s sources of help during mental illness -- Third mention.

(IF NO TO EVBRKDWN, ASK EVMHP) Have you ever felt you had a mental 
health problem? 
D. The timing of R''s mental illness.

(IF NO TO EVBRKDWN, ASK EVMHP) Have you ever felt you had a mental 
health problem? 
E. The duration and severity of R''s mental illness.

How often do you pray privately in places other than at church or 
synagogue?

Within your religious or spiritual tradition, how often do you 
meditate?

If you were ill, how much would the people in your congregation help 
you out?

If you had a problem or were faced with a difficult situation, how 
much comfort would the people in your congregation be willing to give 
you?

How often do the people in your congregation make too many demands on 
you . . .

How often are the people in your congregation critical of you and the 
things you do . . .

Think about how you try to understand and deal with major problems in 
your life. To what extent is each of the following involved in the 
way you cope: 
A. I think about how my life is part of a larger spiritual force.

Think about how you try to understand and deal with major problems in 
your life. To what extent is each of the following involved in the 
way you cope: 
B. I work together with God as partners.

Think about how you try to understand and deal with major problems in 
your life. To what extent is each of the following involved in the 
way you cope: 
C. I look to God for strength, support, guidance.

Think about how you try to understand and deal with major problems in 
your life. To what extent is each of the following involved in the 
way you cope: 
D. I feel that God is punishing me for my sins or lack of 
spirituality.

Think about how you try to understand and deal with major problems in 
your life. To what extent is each of the following involved in the 
way you cope: 
E. I wonder whether God has abandoned me.

Think about how you try to understand and deal with major problems in 
your life. To what extent is each of the following involved in the 
way you cope: 
F. I try to make sense of the situation and decide what to do without 
relying on God.

I believe in a God who watches over me.

I feel a deep sense of responsibility for reducing pain and suffering 
in the world.

I try hard to carry my religious beliefs over into all my other 
dealings in life.

Because of your religious or spiritual beliefs have you always, 
almost always, often, seldom, or never felt the following ways: 
A. I have forgiven myself for things that I have done wrong.

Because of your religious or spiritual beliefs have you always, 
almost always, often, seldom, or never felt the following ways: 
B. I have forgiven those who hurt me.

Because of your religious or spiritual beliefs have you always, 
almost always, often, seldom, or never felt the following ways: 
C. I know thatd forgives me.

The following questions deal with possible daily spiritual 
experiences. To what extent can you say you experience the following: 

A. I feel God's presence.

The following questions deal with possible daily spiritual 
experiences. To what extent can you say you experience the following: 

B. I find strength and comfort in my religion.